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Antique Questions Forum / Re: From The Old Barn - Whatzit?

« on: July 23, 2016, 06:11:27 pm »

Jacon4 - I agree. We’ve beat this to death.

Cogar - 3/4-16 is classed as NF or National Fine or UNF (Unified   Nat’l Fine) depending on thread depth etc etc.  3/4 dia NC has 10 thread/inch.

I totally agree this is not a paint sprayer part even heavy duty.

Jlsherf- The part does not reciprocate - it is screwed together.
With the head in place and the lock nut tightened it is basically one solid non moving piece.

There  is no axial passage for any fluid to flow thru. It is threaded for the shaft which, when fully screwed in, is nearly even with the base leaving just enough clearance for the screw driver shown. Those little holes are for inserting a rod for easier/fsster turning that fine thread.

The pic shows the base end more clearly.

Your linked site showed no spryer pump parts - just whole units.

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I’ll stick to the conclusion that it is a centering device which employs various size heads depending on the size of what’s being centered.

Bye.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: From The Old Barn - Whatzit?

« on: July 23, 2016, 08:54:06 am »

I have to ask just what role this thing might play in a pump mechanism because there is no possible way anything can flow thru it; nothing attaches to it except that the head evidently can be changed.

The head can be easily removed by rotating it 90º  and looks to me like another head, presumably with a different angle, can be easily substituted. The circumferential grooves in the supporting conical end suggest great force applied when in use. The wrench size (1-1/8") also implies great force.

The entire thing is steel except the head which is non-magnetic and might be beryllium-copper (just a guess). The vertical marks on the head suggest to me great force applied and if it actually is Be-CU that would make sense as that is tough stuff.

I think the whole thing is slipped into a holder of some sort then run up against something that needs to be centered but for what reason I cannot imagine.

Wow! did I write all that?
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Late note last reply while I was typing - the thing is 1-1/4 Dia by 7" long  but can be adjusted to about 10" long. Weighs about 2 lbs.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: From The Old Barn - Whatzit?

« on: July 22, 2016, 05:19:51 pm »

I polished up the end cap and the pointed support. It looks to me like vertical marks on the end cap suggestive of a centering device. The support rod looks like it has supported multiple end caps of various sizes. Can't imagine what it might centerup. Something in a machine shop? 

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: From The Old Barn - Whatzit?

« on: July 21, 2016, 04:01:47 pm »

Kinda tough to visualize isn’t it?

The head does not turn except if you rotate it 90º it can be removed. The end can be adjusted forth & back (up & down?).

It doesn’t show any hard use like a leveling device might sustain on a tractor. Maybe some other type of machine? Something in a shop?

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Antique Questions Forum / From The Old Barn - Whatzit?

« on: July 20, 2016, 09:59:50 pm »

Well my first thot  was sprinkler head but it doesn't pop open. It's a 3/4 X 16 thread. Notice the little Alan head retaining screws. If it gets twisted 90º the head would come off. There is no passage thru it for something to flow thru. The little holes in the head are thru holes from those retaining screws.  It needs a 1-1/8 wrench on the nut and shaft so it must have been for some hefty purpose. If that is so what's with the tiny retaining screws?  Whole thing weighs about 2 lbs.

My conclusions are:
It has to turn 90º to actuate
It has to handle some humongous force when in use
When not in use the forces are minimal.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Segal Lock

« on: May 09, 2016, 07:40:26 pm »

Thanx all.

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Antique Questions Forum / Segal Lock

« on: May 08, 2016, 08:42:06 am »

Here’s a padlock (I guess) been in the family since forever. I broke the key off in the lock about age 3-5 about 1940. It was in a junk drawer in the kitchen with all kinds of good stuff for a kid to play with.

The broke off piece was in there a long time - gone now. I tried to look it up in/on the Segal website. That was a waste of time. Downloaded an old catalog. Not a clue in it and finally lost patience with it.

Anyway how can I get  info on it? What is it called? What used for? Age? Can I get a new key from the key number? The cylinder has 4 letters stamped on: F A C C  Weighs 2-3 lbs. It appears  to be brass clad in 1/8” iron or steel.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: A Regular Antique

« on: April 24, 2016, 07:55:39 pm »

I give up.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: A Regular Antique

« on: April 24, 2016, 07:51:04 am »

I will look thru that site as I get time; let you know. Might be a couple days.

The lamp is all magnetic except the little stove bolts that hold the handle to the shade and of course the socket. So otherwise no copper or bronze.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: A Regular Antique

« on: April 23, 2016, 06:09:15 pm »

Here’s the rest of my story - had to type it up.

I had kept this lamp when I sold out the family home. About 15 or 12 years ago I was walking thru our house when I glanced at the TV. Antiques Road Show was on and they were showing a pic of their last appraisal with the price. I had only the briefest of looks maybe 1/10 second and it was gone. It was this lamp.  The price was 4 figures! I was absolutely stunned!

I tried several times to locate it in the Road Show archives with no luck. Tried other things too.  One time at the library there was a book about old lamps.  No discernable method of organization.  700+ pages. I guess you were supposed to just spend half your life paging thru so I gave up.

Finally I just put a note in the socket for my kids to be sure and have it appraised by a trustworthy appraiser because it might be quite valuable.

So! Is it or isn’t it?

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: A Regular Antique

« on: April 23, 2016, 01:25:16 pm »

There’s 2 parts to this story. Here’s the first.

I’ve had this lamp since before I was born (1935). No idea how old it really is. I’m the last one so nobody to ask. We lived in Minneapolis and presumably it was originally purchased there.
The one in the link is located in St Paul MN so that adds up.

Seller in the link guesses circa 1910-20 and I know it’s from at least 1935 so that sort of adds up.

The plug on the right in my pic is, I think, the original. It looks identical to the plug in the link.  So that adds up.

Plug on left, again I think, is the replacement. I had to rewire the lamp in about 1950. Probly did not use the original plug because the insulator was shot. Maybe I ruined it. It was paper and not easy to remove w/o damage. I see now the prongs are a bit loose on their rivets so maybe I decided it was unsafe.

The original wire was insulated with rubber which was further covered with an old fashioned fuzzy cloth type cover material. Same as shown and described in the link so that also adds up.

The wire in the link is in bad shape too and that adds up.

The wire in mine is routed thru a hole in the base - the link, no.

The switch is the same. Patina the same.

I see no identifiable markings on the linked lamp in the base. Mine, however, does have base markings nearly all legible. Under the base (mine) I believe it says PATENT PENDING. Also the word ‘Gold.’ There are letters above the ‘Gold’ all of which I cannot make out. Looks like it is: Noº XXX  463? 483?

No signature apparent to my untrained eye.

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Antique Questions Forum / A Regular Antique

« on: April 22, 2016, 10:23:17 am »

What can you tell me about this lamp? It is 13" high.

It may be the same one Ben Franklin used after he invented electricity so he could write his auto bibliography before switching to daylight saving time.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: One Last "Tool"

« on: April 20, 2016, 07:33:27 am »

Easy.

PS
Not trying to defend my observation just hoping it might jog somebody. I’ve tried Googling Teeth and Spikes like climbing spikes not much luck. Manure spreader teeth. Bucket teeth. Baler teeth. Hate to give up - this stuff gets to you doesn’t it?

Maybe tines would be better.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: One Last "Tool"

« on: April 19, 2016, 04:15:29 pm »

I’ve got some you can work on but they are identified.

Examining ’my’ right angle spike I notice the inside surface of the square shank is banged up way more than any other. This suggests the spike end was imbedded into something, presumably wood, and was then hammered back out. That suggests further, at least to me, that it would have been part of a hand held device maybe a short pike pole type of implement to swing to grab then pull.

Still it would have to be held to the handle and there are no signs of set screw or similar holding marks.  And if you ever worked in a saw mill there’s lots better tools for grabbing and pulling then this thing. So the above is just a guess.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: One Last "Tool"

« on: April 18, 2016, 02:21:52 pm »

The short leg is 4-5/32”
The long sharp leg is 6-23/32”
The shaft is 13/32” square.
All dimensions +_ 1/64”

Hope that pins it down. :-)